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Triple H will face Dean Ambrose at WWE Roadblock, the newly named WWE Network special that will air on March 12, and "The Game" will surprisingly put the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on the line.

(Photo from WWE.com)

That's bad news for Roman Reigns. Not because Reigns won't be getting his WrestleMania 32 title shot anymore. In fact, he still will.

It's because giving the fans Ambrose vs. Triple H only reminds them how much they'd rather see Ambrose as the newly crowned face of the WWE instead of Reigns.

The reactions of the live crowd on the road to WrestleMania 32 have made it abundantly clear that, despite how much Reigns has been pushed, Ambrose is their guy. On last week's Monday Night Raw, Triple H put a world class beatdown on Reigns, and what did the crowd do? It actually cheered for Triple H.

On this week's Raw, Triple H attacked Ambrose in similar fashion, and what did the crowd do this time around? It booed Triple H out of the building. That tells us a lot, a lot about Ambrose, but even more about Reigns.

Anyone who watches WWE programming consistently can tell you that Ambrose is getting the reactions that those within the company want Reigns to get, and so the company is certainly pushing Ambrose more these days, but not quite as much as Reigns.

Ambrose's skyrocketing popularity, however, has given him a TV feud with Triple H during Reigns' short absence, and after just one week, it's already proven to be highly entertaining. But if the plan is still to crown Reigns at WrestleMania, then Ambrose vs. Triple H is a terrible turn of events. For Reigns, that is.

The more chances that Ambrose is given to shine, the better he performs. The better he performs, the more the fans want to see him succeed. That's fantastic, and clearly well deserved, for Ambrose, but the unfortunate side effect here is that it's putting Reigns into a terrible situation that only further hurts his chances of ever getting over with the majority of the audience.